Berkeley Hall: or, the Pupil of Experience

TitleBerkeley Hall: or, the Pupil of Experience
Year of Publication1796
Publication TypeNovel
Number of Pages or Episodes325 p.
LanguageEnglish
AuthorsAnonymous,
PublisherJames Tindal
CityLondon
Keywordsimmigrants; Irish Americans; Native Americans; pioneers; slavery; utopia
Abstract

This anti-Jacobin novel follows its protagonist, driven from England by religious or political persecution, out on a North American tour which crosses the Allegheny Mountains. The protagonist then establishes Independent Hall, a utopian community in Western Pennsylvania.

Time

1790s